Julian Assange’s father John Shipton begins a month-long, 17-city U.S. tour in Miami.
His son languishes in Belmarsh Prison in London awaiting a U.S. appeal against the denial of his extradition. Live Sunday 7 pm EDT.
Organized by Assange Defense, John and Gabriel Shipton, Julian Assange’s father and brother, will begin the #HomeRun4Julian tour in Miami on June 6 via a live-streamed event. The Shiptons are scheduled to make stops on both coasts and the Midwest before concluding the tour in the nation’s capital.
Assange’s family members will meet with activists, press, and policymakers to raise awareness of the importance of protecting whistleblowers and journalists, and to advocate for the release of Julian Assange, whom the United Nations has declared “arbitrarily detained” since 2010.